Losing weight, wish it was faster but its not worth rushing it

Katz890928
Katz890928 Posts: 1 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Ive been losing weight for the past few weeks, about 0.5-1.5kg a week, depending if I do exercise. Its going good. I'm not planning on taking it fast. Its unhealthy to do crash diets and lose weight too fast. I don't feel confident, and I wish it could've gone faster because I know I will feel better about myself, but you cant rush something good or it doesn't work out. I have to admit, I don't like looking at myself that much yet, even tho I have lost weight, but I know with perseverance I will get there, no matter how hard it is at the moment.

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  • herringboxes
    herringboxes Posts: 259 Member
    You are right! Keep going!

    I have to say, 1.5kg a week is QUITE fast. I am hoping much of that was water weight and that you are not losing much muscle.

    Just curious what rate of weight loss you were expecting/hoping for?

    Keep it up and after a while you will be very glad you did. I lost 0.3kg per week over six months and it was well worth it. Great work, keep going!
  • sollyn23l2
    sollyn23l2 Posts: 1,855 Member
    Katz890928 wrote: »
    Ive been losing weight for the past few weeks, about 0.5-1.5kg a week, depending if I do exercise. Its going good. I'm not planning on taking it fast. Its unhealthy to do crash diets and lose weight too fast. I don't feel confident, and I wish it could've gone faster because I know I will feel better about myself, but you cant rush something good or it doesn't work out. I have to admit, I don't like looking at myself that much yet, even tho I have lost weight, but I know with perseverance I will get there, no matter how hard it is at the moment.

    You're doing great! Look at the big picture... if you lose .5 pounds per week, at the end of a year, you'd be 24 pounds lighter than you were. That's better than the alternative of not losing or even gaining.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    sollyn23l2 wrote: »
    Katz890928 wrote: »
    Ive been losing weight for the past few weeks, about 0.5-1.5kg a week, depending if I do exercise. Its going good. I'm not planning on taking it fast. Its unhealthy to do crash diets and lose weight too fast. I don't feel confident, and I wish it could've gone faster because I know I will feel better about myself, but you cant rush something good or it doesn't work out. I have to admit, I don't like looking at myself that much yet, even tho I have lost weight, but I know with perseverance I will get there, no matter how hard it is at the moment.

    You're doing great! Look at the big picture... if you lose .5 pounds per week, at the end of a year, you'd be 24 pounds lighter than you were. That's better than the alternative of not losing or even gaining.

    @sollyn23l2 you may have misread this, as I did at first. The OP is referring to kg, not pounds, so is losing 1.1 - 3.3 pounds per week.

    @Katz890928 how many pounds do you have to lose total? An average of 2 pounds per week might be fine for you, or it might be overly aggressive.

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  • sollyn23l2
    sollyn23l2 Posts: 1,855 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    sollyn23l2 wrote: »
    Katz890928 wrote: »
    Ive been losing weight for the past few weeks, about 0.5-1.5kg a week, depending if I do exercise. Its going good. I'm not planning on taking it fast. Its unhealthy to do crash diets and lose weight too fast. I don't feel confident, and I wish it could've gone faster because I know I will feel better about myself, but you cant rush something good or it doesn't work out. I have to admit, I don't like looking at myself that much yet, even tho I have lost weight, but I know with perseverance I will get there, no matter how hard it is at the moment.

    You're doing great! Look at the big picture... if you lose .5 pounds per week, at the end of a year, you'd be 24 pounds lighter than you were. That's better than the alternative of not losing or even gaining.

    @sollyn23l2 you may have misread this, as I did at first. The OP is referring to kg, not pounds, so is losing 1.1 - 3.3 pounds per week.

    @Katz890928 how many pounds do you have to lose total? An average of 2 pounds per week might be fine for you, or it might be overly aggressive.

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    Yep, ah well.
  • ikalujny
    ikalujny Posts: 66 Member
    Hi!

    I think you could go faster / rush it, if your health allows it, you have consulted with GP and there are no risks. Might be hard.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 35,214 Member
    ikalujny wrote: »
    Hi!

    I think you could go faster / rush it, if your health allows it, you have consulted with GP and there are no risks. Might be hard.

    OP is already going pretty fast, unless well over 300 pounds/136 kg.

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